Submitter: Catherine Schreiber

Community: Maple Ridge

Date Submitted: November 25, 2023

Summary:

Examine information about disease in wild salmon, such as the ones dying along the Alouette and Pitt rivers.

Submission:

I strongly recommend that the Cohen enquiry re-examine their findings on diseased salmon in B.C.’s waterways.

I have seen a great deal of unusual activity in my layman’s

observations of wild salmon; there are huge quantities of them dead along the Alouette and Pitt rivers this year – much more so than in previous years. I don’t think this is a positive indicator of increased stocks, as they seem to be too young to be of spawning age and therefore should not be dying yet.